Politics NBA and China

[Jade Falcon]

Either we can talk about China and the NBA or we can continue to bitch about each other and I'll move the thread to the OT section.

I've said what I'm gonna say, and quite frankly my interest is waning, so I'm gonna bow out. Have fun.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

@tlongII I did not create the thread.

 

[tlongII]

@tlongII I did not create the thread.

What thread?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

What thread?

 

[riverman]

Only the New Territories we’re leased, Hong Kong island was not, it was ceded to the UK after the Opium Wars. The UK did not have to hand back Hong Kong island.

My guess as to why the UK did hand back Hong Kong island is because without the New Territories, the island did not have the infrastructure to function, and maybe because the UK feared China would go to war over the island.

This in not the history as I've understood it....I was told they had a lease on HK island and it ran out...I was in Taipei when they turned it over...don't ever remember any British media saying anything except the lease is up....the BBC was the station covering the event and Star TV network run by Rupert Murdoch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handover_of_Hong_Kong....from what I've read so far they had meetings starting in 1984 to try to get HK officials some power in the way the island was run....China agreed to 50 years of HK administration to transition...now they've broken that part of the agreement that Thatcher had worked for. 97% of Kowloon, Hong Kong and the New Territories were covered under the act...China has a history of breaking these agreements...they did it with the Spratly Islands concerning Vietnam, Phillipines and Taiwan as well...

 

[tlongII]

Fucking gremlins.

 

[tlongII]

Nice avatar though.

 

[DUB]

This in not the history as I've understood it....I was told they had a lease on HK island and it ran out...I was in Taipei when they turned it over...don't ever remember any British media saying anything except the lease is up....the BBC was the station covering the event and Star TV network run by Rupert Murdoch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handover_of_Hong_Kong....from what I've read so far they had meetings starting in 1984 to try to get HK officials some power in the way the island was run....China agreed to 50 years of HK administration to transition...now they've broken that part of the agreement that Thatcher had worked for. 97% of Kowloon, Hong Kong and the New Territories were covered under the act...China has a history of breaking these agreements...they did it with the Spratly Islands concerning Vietnam, Phillipines and Taiwan as well...

In 1842, the island was formally ceded in perpetuity to the UK under the Treaty of Nanking

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Island

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Nanking

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Fucking gremlins.

You should have said your post was out of context.

 

[DUB]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Island

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Nanking

The background of the Sino–British Joint Declaration was the pending expiration of the lease of the New Territories on 1 July 1997.[4]The lease was negotiated between the UK and the Guangxu Emperor of China, and was for a period of 99 years starting from 1 July 1898 under the Second Convention of Peking. At the time of the lease signing, Hong Kong Island had already been ceded to the UK in perpetuity under the Treaty of Nanjing in 1842 after the First Opium War, and the southern part of the Kowloon Peninsula as well as the Stonecutters Island had also been ceded to the UK in perpetuity under the Convention of Beijing in 1860 after the Second Opium War.

@riverman This article covers the issue.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-British_Joint_Declaration

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

You should have said your post was out of context.

Can I just say that Im out of context and get immunity like I hear someone else has because of his elected office?

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Island

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Nanking

Really interesting reads thank you.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Can I just say that Im out of context and get immunity like I hear someone else has because of his elected office?

For $5 you can.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

For $5 you can.

What pound do I send that too?

 

[riverman]

@riverman This article covers the issue.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-British_Joint_Declaration

Thanks...that was informative...I wasn't aware of the 2014 issue..

 

[GhostOfPGA]

Kerr and Doppy Pop-a-zit are still and will always be cowards.

 

[The Professional Fan]

Sorry, but when you equate the President of the United States with being a dictator, yet you conveniently ignore ACTUAL dictators who are trying to ACTUALLY control you.....then yes, you are INSECURE about the President. I'm not sure how else I'm supposed to interpret that....

But here's the thing. If Trump had the ability and option to be a dictator he'd take that in a second. He's trying every day. Trying = doing. Identifying it and calling it out is the right thing to do before it actually happens. Period.

 

[Jade Falcon]

But here's the thing. If Trump had the ability and option to be a dictator he'd take that in a second. He's trying every day. Trying = doing. Identifying it and calling it out is the right thing to do before it actually happens. Period.

Dumbest fucking thing I've EVER read on this forum. Holy shit. I pity you for actually believing that.

You're welcome to go to China, North Korea, Russia, Cuba, or some African backwater country if you feel safer.....

 

[kjironman1]

Dumbest fucking thing I've EVER read on this forum. Holy shit. I pity you for actually believing that.

You're welcome to go to China, North Korea, Russia, Cuba, or some African backwater country if you feel safer.....

Actually that would be whoever thinks he doesn't have the right to say it.

 

[Jade Falcon]

Actually that would be whoever thinks he doesn't have the right to say it.

Say what? That Trump is a dictator? Say it all you want....just remember: saying it doesn't make it true. Get back to me when tanks start rolling down Main Street and military troops start executing people en mass and setting up show trials through Junta puppet courts. Then you can play the "Orange Man Dictator!" card with me.

 

[Lanny]

The Commie Panda's!

How about "The People's Pandas"?

 

[Jade Falcon]

How about "The People's Pandas"?

 

[kjironman1]

Say what? That Trump is a dictator? Say it all you want....just remember: saying it doesn't make it true. Get back to me when tanks start rolling down Main Street and military troops start executing people en mass and setting up show trials through Junta puppet courts. Then you can play the "Orange Man Dictator!" card with me.

Oh boy was this way too easy.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...y-parade-tanks-seen-washington-dc/1637384001/
https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2018/12/role-of-us-military-at-border/
https://www.vox.com/2019/7/23/20704032/trump-mcconnell-judicial-nominations

The Orange Man is trying to become a Dictator!

It's like you are not even trying to pay fucking attention.

Now i truly am done with this thread. Should never have checked back. This thread belongs in OT.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Oh boy was this way too easy.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...y-parade-tanks-seen-washington-dc/1637384001/
https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2018/12/role-of-us-military-at-border/
https://www.vox.com/2019/7/23/20704032/trump-mcconnell-judicial-nominations

The Orange Man is trying to become a Dictator!

It's like you are not even trying to pay fucking attention.

Now i truly am done with this thread. Should never have checked back. This thread belongs in OT.

This thread has been in the OT section since last night.

 

[kjironman1]

This thread has been in the OT section since last night.

Thanks Sly.

 

[CupWizier]

Kerr and Doppy Pop-a-zit are still and will always be cowards.

In comparison to your boy trump, they are fantastic. They just don't go deep into the gutter where trump resides.

 

[Natebishop3]

So all I need to do to move a thread is start talking about Trump or gun control? Interesting.... I will keep that in mind anytime someone posts something that annoys me.

 

[barfo]

So all I need to do to move a thread is start talking about Trump or gun control? Interesting.... I will keep that in mind anytime someone posts something that annoys me.

But then every thread will be in OT.

barfo

 

[SlyPokerDog]

So all I need to do to move a thread is start talking about Trump or gun control? Interesting.... I will keep that in mind anytime someone posts something that annoys me.

If it's just one person I will delete their post(s). But this was multiple people so it was just easier to move the thread then delete or edit multiple posts.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

If it's just one person I will delete their post(s). But this was multiple people so it was just easier to move the thread then delete or edit multiple posts.

For the most part I don't feel like we really veered that far off of the topic though, we were discussing the NBA (even when talking about Kerr as he's in the NBA) and China. Yeah I went back and forth with a few people, but I didn't feel like were disrespecting each other, or whatever just disagreeing which when something is "politically heated" like this is definitely is, disagreement seems like it's going to come about. I certainly didn't mean to sound disrespectful to @kjironman1 or @andalusian we were (in my opinion) just relaying our thoughts on the subject at hand even if we disagreed. It probably does belong in OT though...